Name: Lafayette
Released: 1962-01-01T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: Michel Le Royer, Howard St. John, Orson Welles

Movie · History · Drama

A highly educated young man with a keen political sense serving under France's King Louis XVI, the Marquis de Lafayette (Michel Le Royer) is sought out by the American Silas Deane (Edmund Purdom) in Paris in 1776 just as the American Revolution is getting underway. After providing military and diplomatic advice to the Americans, the marquis eventually travels to the United States to join the fight alongside Benjamin Franklin (Orson Welles) and George Washington (Howard St. John).

1962 · 1h 50m

Starring Michel Le Royer, Howard St. John, Orson Welles

Director Jean Dréville

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The Crossing of the Rhine
Sentimental Education
A Touch of Treason
Chair de poule
Dialogue With the Carmelites
The Unfrocked One
Papa's Cinema
Poison Ivy

Michel Le Royer

La Fayette
Howard St. John

George Washington
Orson Welles

Benjamin Franklin
Jack Hawkins

Gen. Cornwallis
Edmund Purdom

Silas Deane
Vittorio De Sica

Bancroft
Pascale Audret

Adrienne de La Fayette
Folco Lulli

Le Boursier
Wolfgang Preiss

Baron Kalb
Liselotte Pulver

Marie Antoinette
Jean Dréville

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A highly educated young man with a keen political sense serving under France's King Louis XVI, the Marquis de Lafayette (Michel Le Royer) is sought out by the American Silas Deane (Edmund Purdom) in Paris in 1776 just as the American Revolution is getting underway. After providing military and diplomatic advice to the Americans, the marquis eventually travels to the United States to join the fight alongside Benjamin Franklin (Orson Welles) and George Washington (Howard St. John).

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